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We are presented with an important puzzle in Paris Long’s film, “Caddo Lake,” where someone says to him, “If you are unable to put your thoughts together, you will not progress further.” For some reason, I am not so sure that I can explain this movie in detail and do so without any issues. Nonetheless, […]

The documentary by Sue Kim titled ‘The Last of the Sea Women’ kicks off with a peculiar lady’s first recount of a story as she gets ready to get into the water for some seafood gathering. As the camera focuses out, it is apparent that the ocean is filled with women dressed in swimming suits.

The critically dividing and debatable “The Apprentice” adapts the life story of Donald Trump into a story that is similar to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. And guess who is the good doctor in the glass case? I’m sure you’ve already guessed, that it’s Roy Cohn, who also receives some help in creating his monster from the

As the clock ticked down on October 11th, 1975, a new set of challenges arose. The lights on set almost toppled over the actors, seats remained empty, costume changes were yet unsolved, a set script was ‘work-in-progress’, and most importantly, John Belushi hadn’t even signed the contract. He juxtaposed the claim of the night with

A combination of a musical and documentary into a Lego movie like “Piece by Piece” is truly wonderful. Most likely, the life of producer/musician Pharrell Williams would seamlessly integrate with the animated world because he is the genius who brought us Happy, one of the most popular songs of all time. In William’s case, spirit

The grief-stricken love story owes its popularity to ‘The Notebook’, but it began to ‘die’ with the wide variety of adaptations of Nicholas Sparks’ books by his copycats. While viewing John Crowley’s skillfully made “We Will In Time”, which was screened during the Toronto International Film Festival, I was touched by how it draws a

Up until a point, not too distant, this orthodoxy was difficult to imagine – some practitioners may say it was really about as close as possible to impossible. In her 1995 documentary, The Lonely Planet, Susannah Grant presents the former Australian, Holly Willoughby, as a ‘woman who rides on Bruno’. Long ago, world literature of

There are a few things that can be said on behalf of the high-school drama “Bad Genius.” This is a remake of a cult 2017 Thai movie of the same name. Writer/director J.C Lee particularly broadens the unique plot of the last–name–gifted student assisting her rich friends in cheating college entrance exams, to make the

The aspect of world-building is measured in “Falling Stars” and it tactfully hints at horrors beyond what is depicted on the screen. This demonstrates the effectiveness and the shortcomings of the “less is more” approach. If witches are not harvested and ritualistically appeased, they fall to Earth in the form of shooting stars. Richard Karpala

“Superstar” Rajinikanth’s new Tamil film “Vettaiyan,” or “Hunter” in English, showcases the veteran’s immense talent. He acts in the lead role of an Indian policeman in this gory thriller. With that said, it will take you some time to understand the worth of “Vettaiyan” and the purpose behind it, but people know everyone is on